parking lights wont turn off

[Pickles]

Forgot to post the rest of my pics lol. I'll do them later today

[rocky49]

Dear Pickles. Got a different but similar problem to yours. I understand you had a problem with fog lights not being controlled normally and solved it by attacking the fuse box. I have a problem with a horn that won't turn off. Only control is the fuse in the underhood fuse box, pulling the instrument panel fuse or the horn relay has no effect on my blasting horn. From my understanding of the horn circuitry I end up back as a short somewhere. Can't really justify checking all of the wiring back from the horn looking for shorts to ground because that does not make sense, the wire would not just have to be bare but it would have to be touching the frame... So what did you find taking the box apart. It is freezing and below here in Northern Canada so I don't really want to pull apart a perfectly good car without having some idea what I am doing and screwing stuff up worse than it is now, Was it simply a plug that was partly dislocated or vibrated loose enough water was shorting it to ground. or was it some chafed wiring? Rocky

[JusteR]

^^First you take everything off. then you can wedge some toothpicks, screwdrivers, or a good whack with a hammer (forgive me if I sound like scotty kilmer.) It helps to take a picture first to remember where everything goes. I face the fuses the same direction so I know if someone else monkeyed with it. I never did find the elusive SP-101 on this one. I beat up my info system pretty bad about that. "I'm not a master tech on this vehicle" felt like saying "I'm not either, I was hoping I was talking to one"

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^^Component side. Much better then the more expensive car UBECs. Those resemble old telephone patch panels, not much surface area where the components connect. These are much better IMHO

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^^Connector side; A.K.A. this side down. just your typical multilayer circuit board. I didn't have much luck following the pathways to make sense of it, however; I didn't have a whole lot of time to study.

[xintersecty]

Dear Pickles. Got a different but similar problem to yours. I understand you had a problem with fog lights not being controlled normally and solved it by attacking the fuse box. I have a problem with a horn that won't turn off.

The horn is controlled to the fuse by grounding the control through the clock-spring. The horn is a switched positive through the relay. So you can't turn it off by pulling the relay to positive instrument panel. You need to check your clock spring and continuity there. I only have electrical schematics for the older aveos.

[xintersecty]

I am impressed you took your fuse box apart, Pickles. I got into mine trying to find the fog light wire, only to figure it went to the instrument panel and never made it to the fuse box. I have a special value purchase (read as cheap a$$). I had to run my own wire from the switch to a new relay.

[Abraham]

Two things you will need to check and that should cure your issue,

First the battery voltage must be at least 12.4 volts. A failing battery can cause the park lights to remain on

Second if the battery is fully charged disconnect the negative battery cable, insert the key in the ignition, turn the key to the run position, reconnect the negative battery cable

Let me know if these work for you and if you have further questions about this

Thank you